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Lexicon :: Strong's G4327 - prosdechomai

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προσδέχομαι
Transliteration
prosdechomai (Key)
Pronunciation
pros-dekh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:57,146

Strong’s Definitions

προσδέχομαι prosdéchomai, pros-dekh'-om-ahee; from G4314 and G1209; to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience):—accept, allow, look (wait) for, take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G4327 in the following manner: look for (4x), wait for (3x), receive (3x), waited for (with G2258) (1x), allow (1x), take (1x), accept (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G4327 in the following manner: look for (4x), wait for (3x), receive (3x), waited for (with G2258) (1x), allow (1x), take (1x), accept (1x).

  1. to receive to one's self, to admit, to give access to one's self

    1. to admit one, receive one into intercourse and companionship

    2. to receive one (coming from some place)

    3. to accept (not to reject) a thing offered

  2. to expect: the fulfilment of promises

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προσδέχομαι prosdéchomai, pros-dekh'-om-ahee; from G4314 and G1209; to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience):—accept, allow, look (wait) for, take.
STRONGS G4327:
προσδέχομαι; deponent middle; imperfect προσεδεχόμην; 1 aorist προσεδεξαμην;
1. as in Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, "to receive to oneself, to admit, to give access to oneself': τινα, to admit one, receive into intercourse and companionship, τούς ἁμαρτωλούς, Luke 15:2; to receive one (coming from some place), Romans 16:2; Philippians 2:29 ( 1 Chronicles 12:18); τί, to accept (not to reject) a thing offered: οὐ προσδεξάμενοι, to reject, Hebrews 11:35; προσδέχονται ἐλπίδα, to admit (accept) hope, i. e. not to repudiate but to entertain, embrace, its substance, Acts 24:15 (others refer this to the next head ( R. V. text look for)); not to shun, to bear, an impending evil ( A. V. took the spoiling etc.), Hebrews 10:34.
2. as from Homer down, to expect ( A. V. look for, trait for): τινα, Luke 12:36; τί, Mark 15:43; Luke 2:25, 38; Luke 23:51; ( Acts 23:21); Titus 2:13; Jude 1:21; τάς ἐπαγγελίας, the fulfilment of the promises, Hebrews 11:13 Lachmann (Cf. δέχομαι, at the endl
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
12:18
Mark
15:43
Luke
2:25; 2:38; 12:36; 15:2; 23:51
Acts
23:21; 24:15
Romans
16:2
Philippians
2:29
Titus
2:13
Hebrews
10:34; 11:13; 11:35
Jude
1:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4327 matches the Greek προσδέχομαι (prosdechomai),
which occurs 33 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - and you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’” For he said, “I will appease his face with the present that goes before me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will lift up my face.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - “So now, please forgive my sin only this once and entreat Yahweh your God, that He would only cause this death to depart from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - then an oath before Yahweh shall be made by the two of them [fn]that he has not [fn]laid hands on his neighbor’s property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - And they received from Moses the entire [fn]contribution which the sons of Israel had brought [fn]to do the work in the service of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - ‘For the land will be forsaken by them and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making up for their iniquity [fn]because they rejected My judgments and their soul loathed My statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is more bitter for me than for you, for the hand of Yahweh has gone forth against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - And the Spirit clothed Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said,

“We are yours, O David,

And with you, O son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

And peace to him who helps you;

Indeed, your God helps you!”

Then David received them and made them chiefs of the band.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had made up for its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath [fn]until seventy years were fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 -

Thus the Jews fully accepted what they had started to do and what Mordecai had written to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - the Jews established and accepted a custom for themselves and for their seed and for all those who joined themselves to them, so that [fn]celebrating these two days according to what was written down and according to their fixed time from year to year would not pass away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 -

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 -

“They waited for me as for the rain,

And opened their mouth as for the [fn]late rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 -

So that his life loathes bread,

And his soul favorite food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:9 -

Yahweh has heard my supplication,

Yahweh receives my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:8 -

“I would hasten to my place of refuge

From the stormy wind and tempest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 -

They give water to every beast of the field;

The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 -

All the days of the afflicted are evil,

But a good heart has a continual feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 -

“For He says,

‘[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line on line, line on line,

A little here, a little there.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 -

“Behold, My Servant, whom I [fn]uphold;

My chosen one in whom My soul is well-pleased.

I have put My Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth justice to the [fn]nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 -

“For the sake of Jacob My servant,

And Israel My chosen one,

I have also called you by your name;

I have given you a title of honor

Though you have not known Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 -

“For you will go out with gladness

And be led forth with peace;

The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,

And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares Lord Yahweh, “there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will [fn]seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - “[fn]As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - “I will make many peoples [fn]appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your downfall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27 - ‘So they will complete the days. And it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall [fn]offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 -

As for My sacrificial gifts,

They sacrifice the flesh and eat it,

But Yahweh has not accepted them.

Now He will remember their iniquity

And punish them for their sins;

They will return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:22 -

“Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,

I will not accept them;

And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 -

Is Yahweh pleased with thousands of rams,

With ten thousand rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - “But when you present the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Please, bring it near to your governor! Would he accept you? Or would he lift up your face?” says Yahweh of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “Oh that there were one among you who would shut the [fn]gates, that you might not light a fire on My altar in vain! I have no delight in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - “You also say, ‘Behold, how tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by robbery and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I accept that from your hand?” says Yahweh.
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